The Press., 1887-06-09
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 s--Rap Josiah Willis, of Pittsfeld, Mass. I occupied the Congregational pulpit last I Sunday, and also. conducted, an evening seryiceau ~ bas llale Qasls as9f4;1 l k-George Whiting is down with sciatic l rheumatism at Edward Morrison's, where 1 he has made it his. home'f for some time. ot G4N. s. Marcy having had the misfor- I tune tos lose his horse recently, some forty tdollafs has been contributed in the vicin- ity to go towards buying another. sa
 MT. Chas. H. Davis spent last Sunday with her friends in Three Rivers, Mass
 Widow Bently has been visiting her | relatives in Stonington, and attending to matters pertaining to her share of the property left her by her recently deceased father. af4l4ssf sgstsgssT T et tH
 Miss Fanny Morrison is now making her home with her brother. as .s8v ssl
 l s--The3 Willimantic Linen Go. bought the Tinkerville property, intending, it is said; to- utilize the mill in getting out spools. .set If this isEso it will be a good thing for farmers in the vicinity in the line of q spool birch market. The purchase money was $50O.8i basba s5a V3ts1q 5 saGL' = a1-Mrs. John Q. Rider is stepping at sL lG: Idess.t saW i4e 4 s&ai6 Hsy oHUR aa
 The foreclosure suit of H. Stark wealth CT against Legrand Johnson, taken from | the superior court docket by consent. was. together with other contested matters of account between them, heard in Stafford Springs the 30th ult. before w. D. Hol- man, Henry F. Royce and MT. Newcombe as arbitrators, the contending parties hay ling placed themselves under $500 bonds to abide by the decision. The arbitrators decided that there was due the plaintiff costs 2. w --I z I.-s t'
 It will be remembered that the com munity was a little surprised that the last republican caucus for town officers and justices of the peace should place upon its ticket as candidate for the latter office (a very important, lucrative and honorable one in town like this) certain odorous individual, who had previously figured in quite prominent way as a senatorial del egate, and as the author of that ssancient" resolution in the senatorial convention. This individual was so elated over his cleo tion, through the petty contrivance. of kindred spirits, the town-neeting being the slimest ever held, the dominant party being in majority of nearly three to cue, and many voters treating the matter as a joke, that not many, hours passed before he repaired to the town clerk and wanted to take the oath as a justice of the peace l He was accommodated. Two. voters in town who knew of this rather F'previous'' oath, one prominent democrat, and both having some little knowledge of statute law at least, although highly relishing the joke, kept still and awaited the se- quel It transpired as expected. When the return was made by the court clerk of the properly qualified justices for Willing
 ton this individual was left out in the cold. It was novel spectacle-an officer-elect rushing to take his oath before the office IS vacated Four long, weary months 'twere hard to wait We beg pardon for using so much space over this "ioke," but as we have been often asked of late why we haven't but two justices in town we thought we would explain of the justices-elect slipped up as above set forth, and the others didn't care to train ill such company, so didn't take the oath at all, excepting, of course, the two properly qualified ones we now have. Now let all interested hereafter bear in mind :: Justice of the peace must take their oath within thirty days after the term of office commences which, under the law, is the first Monday in March succeeding the elec- tion. @ < '.
 We are under obligation to Senator Joseph R. Hawley for Interesting public documents. 'A@7 I'o 4. ~. .
 Covenant meeting in Baptist vestry, 9 Q o'clock, Saturday p. m. State Missionary Piddock will preach the following Sunday.
 The school fund commissioner has placed the Jerome Holt farm in the hands of Chas. T. Preston to sell or to rent. r
 A physician was recently in town prospecting for residence and practice.
 He talked of renting Wilson Curtis house. There is no doctor on the ride between Woodstock and Mansfield, he reported. l.
 William Eldridge has sold valuable wood. lot, 11a acres, to Milo Willard. r
 The alumni of the Conn. Literary h. stitution, Sufield, one of the best acade- mics in New England, have an extra cor dial invitation this year to attend its com- mencement, 21st Jnne Rev. Theron Brown delivers the poem.4 aza} IT..
 There is quite fair promise of fruit in this vicinity. a z2t-e5 e-i 5ses A.s-l E